Free Windows 7 phone for student app developers |

To compete and surpass the present dominance of Android and iOS in mobile operating Systems market, Microsoft has come up with a brand new, “i unlock joy” program under which it’ll offer free Windows 7 phone to student app developers.

First and foremost, the basic rules of the program .

You are eligible to participate only if :

1.  You are 18 years of age or older; and
2. You have been actively enrolled as a student at an accredited educational institution that grants high-school or college/university (or equivalent) degrees for at least 3 months between 1st January 2011 and 18th November 2011; and
3. ou are not an employee or intern of Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. or
   Microsoft Corporation, or any of their affiliates; and
4. You are not involved in any part of the execution or administration of this
   Program; and
5. You are not an immediate family member of (parent, sibling, spouse, child) or household member of a Microsoft employee, an employee of a Microsoft affiliate, or a person involved in any part of the administration and execution of this Program.
6. You are a registered member of Microsoft DreamSpark Program for students.

Now that the rules are stated, if you are eligible all you need to do is :

1. Register for the i unlock joy campaign before 18th November 2011.
2. Download the latest Windows Phone Developer Tools are available free for students.
3. Submit your app at the AppHub. After successful certification, your app will be listed on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
4. Claim your goodies by providing details of your certified apps before 18th December 2011.

Now comes the reward part, this is what you get :

1. Get a Merit Certificate, a Windows Phone T-Shirt and a 2GB USB Flash Drive for 1 app published on Marketplace
2. Get a cool new Windows Phone for 4 apps published on Marketplace.

Our Take

It’s obvious that Microsoft wants to leave no stone unturned in publicizing the Windows 7 phone. Considering the well-established developer communities for Android and iOS this surely doesn’t come as a surprise. The thing to notice here is the fact that the contest is open only for Indian students and not worldwide. This makes for an excellent opportunity for all you app developers out there to brush up your Developer Quotient and start winning!

 Student of Information and Technology at IIIT-Allahabad. A programmer by chance and a blogger by heart. Staunch Roger Federer fan and loves reading novels. Wishes to make it BIG in life which acording to him is too short to do everything that he wants to. Read his personal musings on jack & spades Follow his tweets on @nishant0garg

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